tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27705842.post5260503171138532099..comments2023-12-16T00:30:14.475-08:00Comments on Up a Chimney: Back From the EtherEsme B J Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446475311509544684noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27705842.post-71918398111983715062020-07-13T03:25:08.756-07:002020-07-13T03:25:08.756-07:00Do you mind if I quote a couple of your posts as l...Do you mind if I quote a couple of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your blog? My website is in the exact same area of interest as yours and my users would definitely benefit from some of the information you provide here. Please let me know if this ok with you. Thanks!<br /><a href="https://www.onieo.com/sheet-sets-on-sale" rel="nofollow">sheet sets on sale</a>ezra smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784801289225314345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27705842.post-54626425963214897102008-02-25T19:21:00.000-08:002008-02-25T19:21:00.000-08:00Jee, so good to see you drop by. In my own quest t...Jee, so good to see you drop by. <BR/><BR/>In my own quest this year for the "how" of a good poem, I have considered one of Raab's poems:<BR/><BR/>http://www.speechlessthemagazine.org/raab%20poems.htm<BR/><BR/>This was a poem that struck me in its simple, clear delivery. It is a poem that stays with me. So now I have to try to articulate why and how. <BR/><BR/>I will have a go on the weekend. <BR/><BR/>Es/BarbaraEsme B J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446475311509544684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27705842.post-28713628468399917122008-02-24T09:25:00.000-08:002008-02-24T09:25:00.000-08:00Hi Barbara Jean,Welcome back to the net! I would l...Hi Barbara Jean,<BR/>Welcome back to the net! I would like to join you on the search for the illusory how of a good poem!Jee Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979179110231643931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27705842.post-44992921184638330172008-02-03T10:26:00.000-08:002008-02-03T10:26:00.000-08:00Ah, hello. I don't want to just go to boards and...Ah, hello. I don't want to just go to boards and praise, though RHE. I want to figure out how to articulate what makes good poems good--or a line in a bad poem good. And, not just for Poetry board poems but just in my general reading of poems from anywhere.Esme B J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446475311509544684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27705842.post-68319389664640654362008-02-03T05:36:00.000-08:002008-02-03T05:36:00.000-08:00I'm not convinced poetry boards are made for prais...I'm not convinced poetry boards are made for praise. Conventional criticism--from term papers to hard-cover essays--do analysis, explication, and appreciation; but poetry boards are generally conceived as a subcategory of workshop: poets purport to bring their poems for critique--what's wrong, how do they make them better. Secretly they may long for praise, to be told that their poems are perfect and they are loved, but the expectation is that comment will focus on the weak parts. After all, if the poem didn't need improvement (so the tradition goes), it would be on its way to publication, not posting.<BR/><BR/>So you're swimming against the current if you want to post responses focusing on why poems are good and what makes them work. On the other hand, it'll make you a popular visitor, at least with the poets you're discussing.<BR/><BR/>And welcome back.Richard Epsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00318302030070884970noreply@blogger.com